The Colorado Trust’s Advocacy Funding Strategy: Lessons Learned for Funders of Advocacy Efforts & Evaluations

Advocacy was imperative to The Colorado Trust’s vision of achieving access to health for all Coloradans. Yet conducting effective advocacy, and implementing an effective advocacy funding strategy and evaluation, proved challenging. This report shares The Trust’s experiences toward achieving an open-learning process for grantees and foundation staff, and toward preparing a field of advocates to address the issues of our time.